Inside this issue …
By Nova Robinson, The Dartmouth Mirror Editor
Published on Friday, January 6, 2006
Shopping in Burlington. The photo betrays the true quality of my hair. I don't have dreads. I've always wanted to get them, but I've always been too scared. Maybe I'll do that this year.
I tend to think that New Year's Resolutions are a waste of time. That doesn't really stop me from forming a list of 15 things I want to change about my life (such a list normally includes losing weight, eating healthier, being kinder, taking better advantage of the opportunities at school, etc...I know, how original), keeping them for fifteen seconds and then suffering through the self-hate that accompanies not being able to keep follow through on them. Wait, that doesn't happen to everyone? It is just me? You are really able to live up to your personal goals of being a better friend, easing up on the Keystones and battling the bulge, while successfully saving the world. Damn.
Forget New Years Resolutions. If you really want to change the world, why not now? If you want to become more artsy, why not now? If you want to [insert something you want to do], why not now? I wish I could live up to my own preaching. It would be stupid for me to wait until 2007 rolls around to do the things I want to do this year, but I'll wait (I'll admit, I've already failed on my New Year Resolutions for 2006) and by 2007 I'll be fatter and have fewer friends. Here is one New Year's Resolution that I am going to try and keep: don't screw up too badly as editor of this fine insert. It is more for your sake than mine.
If you are upholding your New Years promises to yourself, keep up the good work! You've almost made it through week one. That leaves a mere, (I won't do the math, I wouldn't want to discourage you) weeks before we welcome 2007. You can do it. Happy New Year!